Pity was in short supply following revelations that the cost of a boarding school is forecast to pass half a million pounds for the first time ever. According to Sunday Times reports, boarding schools charged parents an average of £37,032 a year for boarders and £20,832 for day pupils. This year they went up an average of 3 per cent but some jumped by 7 per cent. https://t.co/jJHstrwrWL — Carol Monaghan MP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 (@CMonaghanSNP) August 14, 2022Cost of learning crisis… need to read the room here https://t.co/LeMCf5Don2 — Lloyd Abbott (@Lloydie_A) August 14, 2022This is appalling. pic.twitter.com/ydgLB9q9QN — James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 14, 2022Related: Johnson allies plotting a way back for the PM when Truss ‘implodes’

Source: The Times August 14, 2022 12:29 UTC